Re: Changing OS

• Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 15:31:36 PDT
• From:
  Pavel Curtis <pavel@parc.xerox.com>
• Cc: Michael Smith <smithdm@metronet.com>, moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
• In-reply-to: slayer@kaiwan.com's message of "Sat, 06 Apr 1996 19:34:20 PST" <2.2.32.19960407043420.006917b4@pop.kaiwan.com>

slayer@kaiwan.com writes:
> Here's a question I have.. I noticed string_hash() is the same on both
> versions., and I changed passwords on the moo I was using to use that. Does
> anyone see a problem with that?

This is at least as secure as using crypt() and, since the complete
implementation of string_hash() is included with the server (as opposed to
being provided by the local operating system), it's guaranteed to work portably
across all systems.

I haven't done detailed timings to discover which one is (marginally) faster,
but it shouldn't matter much for this use.

	Pavel

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